India: Seventy people feared dead in train collision

At least 70 people were feared dead when a fast-moving passenger train rammed into one waiting at a station in eastern India early on Monday, officials said.This was the second major accident in the state of West Bengal within two months. In May, a train sabotage blamed on Maoists rebels killed more than 70 people. The rebels denied the charge. Officials had virtually ruled out any terror link in Monday's incident, though a probe was on to find out how both trains came to be on the same track. The accident occurred when the Uttar Banga Express rammed into a waiting Vananchal Express at Sainthia in West Bengal state, officials said. Officials said 70 bodies had been recovered so far and all the injured have been taken to hospital, adding the casualty toll was unlikely to rise further. The impact of the collision was so strong that one of the coaches rammed into a foot over bridge, nearly 25 feet high. Rescue workers were cutting through mangled wreckage to pull out survivors.